Pregnant or Disease? Skunk Shrimp

I am unable to get a photo... ARGH!!! But my husband pointed out something we hadn't seen before on our skunk shrimp... It looks like tiny little white eggs inside the area of the swimming legs.

I'm not sure if this is a parasite, disease, eggs or other... I've looked over the internet and found some photos of pregnant shrimp, but I would say they were much further along, as they were bursting out of the shrimp and were also a greenish color.

Any help would be appreciated - if it's a problem, I would like to take action.

THANKS!

 

i did some reading on the internet and it from what it says and what you say it sounds like the shrimp is carring eggs. but only the green ones are firtle. but best get a second oppinion on this one. maybe a third

 

Photo... might help

the best photo would be of him upside down on the surface... but not cooperating at the moment...

 

how many do you have in the tank? just the one? or do you have 2

 

just one! my understanding is that it they could be eggs... but it would take another shrimp for them to be fertilized.

 

i just might just be eggs. but id keep an eye on him. at least someone that knows for sure can chime in here. sorry i could not be more help

 

thanks zombie13... i appreciate you thoughts on this... I'm hoping it's eggs of course.

 

How long have you had em? I'd say eggs...maybe you'll get a shrimp or two extra if hes new (and was frisky at the LFS with the other cleanrs )

 

If you don't mind my impute . from what Ive read it only takes 1 shrimp ,usually after they molt, and it takes from 14 to 21 days for them to develop into larval stage. at that point the parent kind of fans them loose. If there is fish in the tank they will become fish food.If you have a quarantine tank better to move the shrimp there for now.I have a peppermint shrimp that did it and took about 20 days.

 

I've had the one shrimp for several months. But before I posted here, I did a little searching on the internet which confirms what OCD said... it doesn't take 2 to produce eggs, but my understanding is that it does take 2 to fertilize. Here's hoping it's eggs. If it is, I don't think there will be in babies, but I'll be keeping watch. It seems that you need a specialized tank if you are going to try and raise them... since they will get 'filtered' in my current setup. Even if I put them in a quarantine, with my setup, they would still be filtered. I'll look a bit more into it...